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| Nationality | Scottish | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1917 Gorebridge, Midlothian | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 February 2012 (aged 94) Gorebridge, Midlothian | |||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Gorebridge BC | |||||||||||||||||
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Richard Bernard (1917–2012) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the singles at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]
He was National champion in 1970.[4][5]
Personal life
He was a mining engineer by trade. He was a county billiards player before switching to bowls in 1948.[6] He died in 2012.[7]
References
- ↑ "Dick Bernard Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Bowls: Sport mourns loss of Gorebridge legend". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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